The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 191 169 164
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -5
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 12 12 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.240% 0.266% 0.196%
As % of the General category 0.690% 0.806% 0.610%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 6
Average salary £41,250 £35,000 £38,625
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -9.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,750 £32,750 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,250 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -2.35%
All of the General Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
1740 1489 1312
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 34.73% 32.99% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1346 1272 1095
Average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

West Midlands Pharmaceutical Jobs Demand Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Pharmaceutical Salary Histogram

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warwickshire +10 8 £43,750 -7.89%
Birmingham -14 1 £40,000 -
Coventry -17 1 £47,500 +18.75%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Pharmaceutical also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Pharmaceutical.

1 18 (69.23%) Finance
2 16 (61.54%) Aerospace
2 16 (61.54%) SQL
3 14 (53.85%) Scrum
4 13 (50.00%) Manufacturing
4 13 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 13 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 12 (46.15%) TDD
5 12 (46.15%) VB.NET
5 12 (46.15%) Kanban
6 11 (42.31%) .NET
6 11 (42.31%) OO
7 9 (34.62%) Web Services
7 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
7 9 (34.62%) ASP.NET
7 9 (34.62%) CSS
7 9 (34.62%) JavaScript
7 9 (34.62%) C#
7 9 (34.62%) HTML
7 9 (34.62%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (34.62%) Ajax
7 9 (34.62%) jQuery
8 5 (19.23%) Marketing
8 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.54%) Electronics
9 3 (11.54%) Automotive
9 3 (11.54%) NHS
9 3 (11.54%) Windows CE
9 3 (11.54%) Windows
9 3 (11.54%) Java

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Pharmaceutical also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Pharmaceutical. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (42.31%) .NET
2 9 (34.62%) Web Services
2 9 (34.62%) ASP.NET
2 9 (34.62%) CSS
2 9 (34.62%) HTML
2 9 (34.62%) Ajax
2 9 (34.62%) jQuery
3 3 (11.54%) ATL
4 2 (7.692%) JDBC
4 2 (7.692%) SOAP
4 2 (7.692%) XML
4 2 (7.692%) XSLT
4 2 (7.692%) J2SE
5 1 (3.846%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) CMS
1 1 (3.846%) Documentum
1 1 (3.846%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
1 9 (34.62%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.692%) QlikView
2 2 (7.692%) SAP BW
2 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Maven
1 2 (7.692%) Ant
General
1 18 (69.23%) Finance
2 16 (61.54%) Aerospace
3 13 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 13 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (19.23%) Marketing
5 3 (11.54%) Electronics
5 3 (11.54%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Developer
2 11 (42.31%) Senior Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Senior .NET Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
3 5 (19.23%) .NET Developer
3 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Software Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Software Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Java Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Systems Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Systems Development Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Network Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Network Support
6 1 (3.846%) Support Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) NHS
1 3 (11.54%) Credit Risk
1 3 (11.54%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (7.692%) Health Informatics
2 2 (7.692%) iSeries
2 2 (7.692%) Data Extraction
2 2 (7.692%) Informatics
2 2 (7.692%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows CE
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.692%) Linux
2 2 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Scrum
2 13 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (46.15%) TDD
3 12 (46.15%) Kanban
4 11 (42.31%) OO
5 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (11.54%) Analytics
7 2 (7.692%) Problem Management
7 2 (7.692%) Data Analysis
7 2 (7.692%) Logistics
7 2 (7.692%) ERP
7 2 (7.692%) Data Management
8 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.846%) Content Management
8 1 (3.846%) CHAID
8 1 (3.846%) ITIL
8 1 (3.846%) Project Management
8 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
8 1 (3.846%) Statistical Modelling
8 1 (3.846%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) SQL
2 12 (46.15%) VB.NET
3 9 (34.62%) JavaScript
3 9 (34.62%) C#
4 3 (11.54%) Java
4 3 (11.54%) C++
5 2 (7.692%) C
6 1 (3.846%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) SAP
1 2 (7.692%) iSOFT
1 2 (7.692%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With extensive experience of data warehousing on Oracle 10g/11g environments and Business Intelligence, you’re scrupulous in your attention to detail and quality of output. Along with...
Celesio
Salary: Competitive salary package
Posted: 30 April 2013
West Midlands
Successful candidates will have a relevant degree and at least 3 years' experience of soli application development experience within a commercial environment. Extensive hands on experience with OLAP/...
Eligo Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
As one of the world's largest organically grown companies, we always look to promote from within and are now looking for people with between 9 and 24...
SThree
Posted: 26 April 2013
West Midlands
I am writing to make you aware of a new requirement for a Senior Design Engineer to work for a market leading engineering company based inEast Midlands. New...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
New opportunity is immediately available for a Senior Mechanical Engineer with excellent problem solving and analytical skills to work for a leading engineering company. As a lead engineer,...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013